as in vagueness
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Noun
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But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026 -
There was no vagueness, even to try to create leverage for a new contract amid a good season.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Despite the murkiness of sneckdowns, sanitation workers often end up taking care of them.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
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There’s some murkiness about where the recipe originated; both baking brands White Lily and Martha White claim to have pioneered the beloved bread.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Whether facing emotional burnout, therapy culture fatigue, or dating uncertainty, the return of symbolic meaning can help to avoid relationship ambiguity.—
Felysha Walker,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Like many recent theater school grads, Dela Cruz was still trying to find his niche as a performer, oscillating between the pursuits of ethnic ambiguity — a casting asset — and cultural identity.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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There is probably an existential shock, and the profundity of that shock is probably not yet understood.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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With Infinite Jest the concept of the cover is not to suggest any specific theme or symbol, but rather the scope and profundity of the book itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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As a result, the impenetrability of EU bureaucracies will continue to limit the United States’ ability to restructure transatlantic economic relations.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel already established a Gothic world in which the trauma is as loud as the wind on the moors, and Emerald Fennell’s adaptation excises major portions of the book to streamline that atmospheric darkness and ultimate tragedy.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Light lives in darkness just as darkness lives in light.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Shadowiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowiness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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